Definition

properly, to cover, i.e. (in a sinister sense) to act covertly

Etymology

an orthographical variation of H2645 (חָפָה);

Word family

• חָפָה châphâh

How the KJV renders it

• do secretly

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.